Knockdown furniture.



Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

.7 1/ m z, 2 ELF/6M J. HERZOG.

KNOCKDOWN FURNlTUBE.

APPLICATION HQED APR.8. 19I6.

MATTORNEY an era JOHN HERZOG, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

KNOGKDOWN FURNITURE.

To all whom it may concern Be it, known that 1, JOHN! HERZOG, a-

citizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw,"in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Furniture; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and. exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whlch it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to knock-down furniture, and the improvement pertainsmore particularly. to certain constructions andcombinations of parts of knockdown furniture, whereby the objects of my invention are attained.

These objects are first to provide a construction whereby the essential parts of the articles of furniture, that is, the body, legs and stretcher, may be easily and quickly assembled and taken apart and can be packed for shipment in small space and transported at low cost.

A further obj ect'is to enable certain parts, such as the legs, to be made interchangeable, so that legs of different designs may be substituted to produce articles of furniture of essentially'different appearance. Such parts may be'carried in stock as finished units, enabling the different designs'to be made up as required, either at the factory, or by the dealer. v

A still further object-is to provide means for assembling the parts, so that if one part, as, for instance, the leg of a'table','b ecomes damaged, only the damaged portion of the leg need be replaced, and that portion may be replaced by persons not skilled in the making or repair of furniture. Moreover, if one side of such a part becomes damaged, it may be taken off and replaced in such pfisition that the damaged surface will not s ow.

A still further object is to so arrange means by which the parts'are clamped together, that they will be firmly held in place andthe structure will be of great strength atthe corners, or legs, where the greatest strain usually occurs in handling or shipimprovement still further includes an improved means for anchoring the tie bolt, by which the parts are held together.

With these and certain other objects 1n view, which will appear later in the speci- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

Application filed April 8, 1916. Serial No. 89,817.

I Fig. 3 is a planview of the stretcher.

Fig. 4' is a part longitudinal section of the bench leg assembled.

Fig. 5 is a side view, broken away, showa the upper leg section.

ig, 6 is a side view of a lower leg section.

Fig. 7 is a detail of the tie bolt.

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section of the bolt-anchoring device. the section being taken on line 88 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the boltanchoring device.

For purpose of illustration I have selected a piano bench, but it will be understood that the use of my improvement is not lim- Fig. 2 is a bottom view'of the bench seat. 7

ited to piano benches, but may be applied to desks. dressers, pedestals, tables, or any other article of furniture.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the top of a piano bench, 2 the stretcher, 3 the upper section of the leg, 4 the lower leg section, and 5 the tie bolt by which these parts are clamped together.

The stretcher 2 is formed with transverse holes 6, preferably of rectangular cross sectio n. and the ends of the leg sect ons are preferably formed with flat faces 7, from which project tenons 8. these tenons being rectangular in cross section and formed with tapered sides. A hole 9 extends through each of the leg sections. At the bottom of the lower leg section, a washer 10 maybe placed to receive the pressure of the head 11 of the tie bolt 5. This head is preferably rounded on the bottom, to serve as a sliding shoe for the bench when casters are not used.

To firmly anchor the threaded end of the bolt in the member 1 a hole 12 is boredin the member and in this hole is inserted a slightly smaller than the external diameter 17 resting on the upper end of the plug 13,

the diameter of the flange being preferably of the plug.

To apply the anchoring device, the metal plug 16 is inserted-in the wooden plug 13 and both plugs areforced .into the hole 12 lower leg section 4 is in like manner applied of the member 1, glue being used to securely anchor the wooden plug in the hole.

To assemble the legs, stringer and body, the upper leg section 3 is placed with its tenon 8 in the rectangular lower part 15 of the bore ofplug l3. The tenon on the lower end of the leg section is inserted in the rectangular hole 6 of the stringer 2, and the to the stringer 2. The bolt 5 is then passed through the central holes in the lower leg section, the opening in the stringer, and the upper leg section, and its upper end is firmly. screwed into the internally threaded plug 16, thereby tightly drawing all of the assembled parts together and securely holding them in place.

The wooden plug l3 securely anchors the threaded plug 16 in place and forms a fastening that will not become displaced or work loose, and holds the parts correctly in,

line, even though a certain degree of shrinkage takes place While the article of furniture is in use. j

As has been previously noted, the parts can be easily packed for shipment and as sembled without the use of skilledlabor, and parts can be, carried in stock as units in a, variety of different patterns,*from which difi'erent designs of furniture may be made up as wanted. y Y v If any part becomes damaged, it is only necessary to replace it'with a similar part. For example if the lower partof the leg of a piano bench is in ured in shipment, it sonly necessary to replace it with a new lower part, instead of having to return the entire piece of furniture to the factory for replacement'of the damaged part by skilled labor. By carrying the parts in stock finished, it is not'even necessary tore-finish the .article offurniture after the repaired part has been put in place.

Having thus described my invention, what v I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pati cut is: I 4

In knock-down furniture, a top or body member formed with a hole therein, a cylindrical wooden plug formed with a hole extending longitudinally therethrough, the

upper part of'said bore of cylindrical cross Witnesses:

I THEODORE F. GAENSBAUER, NELLm M. ANGUS.

JOHN HEa'zoef i 

